Author: Cyrus

Deborah Mbula Maingi has featured on many publications. She has crafted the art of buying journalists to tell her unbelievable story on almost every possible publication. So she recently found time to talk to Kinuthia Mburu of Nation and tell her story of grass to grace. She presented the image of self made millionaire. In the real sense, her target was not to tell the story but to market her tours and travel company called Liberty. What she didn’t know is that people have records and in this age of digital storage, you can’t fool all. Six years ago (October…

As Kenyans cry of being killed in the Mandera Bus Attack, President Uhuru was in Middle East watching the Formular One racing and enjoying himself. According to the influential Emirates 247, Uhuru attended the race together with other royal family members in Abu Dhabi. This is just surprising considering the problems bedevilling the country. Emrirates 247 through this link reports that The final race was attended by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, President Ali Bongo of Gabon, President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, President…

Before Blue Zebra, Tedd Josiah teamed up with Mike Rabar of HomeBoyz to form Audio Volt. This was the record label which produced then then shining music sensations. That is according to Joseph Ogidi who is also known as Gidi Gidi in the entertainment circles. According to Gidi Gidi, Tedd depended on him (Gidi) and a bit on Maji Maji (Gidi claims that he was so much into alcohol) for upkeep and Mike Rabar owned the equipment. So differences emerged around the earnings from Is Marwa and so Audio Volt split with Mike Rabar taking all his equipment and going…

There is a group of workers at our airports who are such despised and looked down upon that they are called “Punda Ya Kawaida.” This group of workers does all the ground handling at our airports. The handle baggage and aircrafts as you prepare to fly or arrive from your journeys. They are not appreciated and remunerated according to what they do. This is their cry. There is a company at JKIA and other airports called Tradewinds Aviation Services. The directors of the company are BM Tomlinson, JO Omondi, W Omodho, CA Desouza and MD Tomlinson. JO (John Ogutu) Omondi is…

After the death of Otieno Kajwang’, key politicians and leaders allied to Raila Odinga are raising questions on his death. The Homa Bay Senator who was in parliament yesterday, collapsed and died just minutes before midnight. First to arrive at the hospital were key Jubilee loyalists and politicians led by Senator Kithure Kindiki. They even announced that the Senator died of heart attack not even patient enough to wait for postmortem. They rushed to the media selling the story of heart attack without any official doctors report. Something which the corrupt Kenyan media immediately bought and ran with. While Otieno…

Newspaper columnist and Blogger Njoki Chege is a hard-hitting no nonsense columnist who has drawn the ire of both men and women in almost equal measure. She writes about varied topics and when she is done penning them down, her write-ups always draw the wrath of her subjects. But Njoki Chege seems not to be good in honouring her financial obligations. She borrowed Ksh 700,000 from the STandard Group’s staff Sacco. She used Ksh 500,000 from the loan to buy that pathetic piece of machine called a Toyota IST. Paying Ksh 268,000 which is part of the loan remaining unpaid, has been…

The parents of some students at Nairobi School are complaining that the boy whose name is withheld (currently in form one) is bullying their sons and breaking their bones. The mothers who have written several complaint letters to us, details the extent to which the son of the Budalangi MP together with 7 other prefects are assaulting the students and injuring them. In October, two kids were taken by their parents from the school after beating meted on them by Ababu’s son and others. The prefect and bullies lock the poor kids in a private room and beat them in turn not paying attention…

StarTimes has announced that it will allow free access to major Kenyan TV channels for free upon the expiry of user’ monthly subscription. This means that subscribers with expired bouquets will still have unlimited access to KTN, NTV, Citizen TV, K24, KBC and QTV. The move might solve the long standing difference between StarTimes and other Pay TV providers on one hand and the local broadcasters on the other. The Chinese provider has also announced that its HD Decoder now retails at Ksh 4,500 and will be bundled with two months Super bouquet worth Ksh 5,000 for free. The existing dish kits will…

Russia’s News Agency, Regnum, is claiming that Samantha Lewthwaite aka White Widow was killed fighting alongside other terrorists in Ukraine two weeks ago. The agency claim that the wanted 30 year old British lady was killed by a volunteer sniper in Lugansk. “One of the world’s most wanted terrorists Samantha Lewthwaite who fought as part of a Ukrainian battalion has been killed by a volunteer sniper,” said the news agency report. Lewthwaite was married to 7th July London suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay, 19. She allegedly left Britain in 2009 before being linked to terror bombings in Kenya and other parts of East Africa.…

AC Ajacio’s striker and Kenyan star Dennis Oguta Oliech has cleared the medical bills of his mum. The footballer cleared over 210,000 Euros (Ksh 23 million) in medical bills as his mum, Mary Auma Oliech, continue to receive treatment for Gastric Cancer. Apart from the stomach cancer, Mama Oliech also has cardiac tumor which is being treated in the French hospital. The mother of the international star is currently living with Elsie Oliech who was formerly married to DJ and Supersports presenter Kriss Darling. She was discharged from hospital on Monday as she now feels better. She will however stay in…

Key officials of Anne Waiguru’s Devolution ministry have reportedly misappropriated Ksh 50 million which was donated by musician Akon to help in put up lights in the Kibera slum. Key individuals in the ministry have reportedly lined their pockets with the money while only putting up just 10 lights while other amounts cannot be accounted for. The running of the project is also drawing criticism as youths working on the project were promised up to Ksh 1,000 in allowances but the much they have been paid is just Ksh 470. Akon’s donation through the office of the president was not…

Leaflets are being circulated around Kangundo road warning Luos, Luhyas and Kisiis to leave the area before they are violently evicted. The warnings started to circulate on Tuesday this week, right before the early Wednesday morning destruction of structures along the road. The land bordering the road around Obama, Komarocks, Saika and Njiru estates have been under dispute. The dispute has led to the assassination of around 4 land dealers who were behind the allocations. It is believed that the people behind the evictions are also behind the assassination of the people they believe illegally allocated their chunks of land…

KTN has sacked one of its key news editors for allegedly absconding duty. The news and video editor who was last week scheduled to prepare the one o-clock news, arrived 30 minutes late after travelling from his home village in Seme. Aaron asked Rita Tinina to prepare for him the one o-clock bulletin but he still arrived late finding the news already prepared and read. That drew the ire of the HR boss who immediately called him to her office and reprimanded him. On reporting for work the next week, Aaron found a letter dismissing him. Aaron believe that the sack was forthcoming…

Kenya might be surprised but Uganda is launching what it calls its first car and it is no ordinary vehicle, it has a hybrid version. The car christened Kiira EV SMACK is a product of Makerere University’s Centre for Research in Transportation Technologies (CRTT). The car which has been in state of development since 2012 and recently launched in Uganda is set to launch in Kenya on Thursday this week. Not much is known about the car but various YouTube video posts show a rugged shapeless thing which I just hope that moves. The shape is not so important since…

A group of influential individuals are now involved in the forced acquisition of real estate developer ACORN group. The group which has failed to convince ACORN Group’s CEO Edward Kiraithe to sell is now trying to use all underhand deals to wrestle the control of the firm. Former head of public service Francis Muthaura, Nairobi shadow governor and top investment banker Jimna Mbaru, businessman Benson Wairegi are pursuing a bloody forced acquisition of multi billion property company ACORN. The forced acquisition is nolonger taking the usual Mergers and Acquisition route but a dark, dirty and bloody angle with Judiciary and…